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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls and Jaron Schneider sit down with Fujifilm's Justin Stailey to talk about the design philosophy of the new GFX100RF and why the company made some of the decisions it did. Curious why the camera has no IBIS and is only f/4? Stailey provides some answers.

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In This Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro... from Prague!
• 08:34 - Fujifilm is finally getting closer to fulfilling X100VI orders
• 11:28 - Insta360 and Leica extend their strategic partnership and promise new co-engineered products
• 14:05 - Historic auction of Leica cameras in China was manipulated
• 16:41 - The LSST camera has been assembled in Chile and is ready to take its first photos of the universe.
• 20:32 - Canon commits to continuing in-house sensor development
• 24:10 - Magnum, Fujifilm, and MPP teamed up for a massive digitization effort
• 25:18 - The GF100RF Design Philosophy with Fujifilm's Justin Stailey
• 58:23 - Our GF100RF thoughts that didn't make it into the hands-on video
• 1:13:54 - What have you been up to?
• 1:16:34 - Tech support
• 1:29:30 - Feel good story of the week